Beet loader



June 24, 1939. w, GRIMES 1,766,293

BEET LOADER Filed Sept. 91 1926 2 Shets-Sheet 1 W. L. GRIMES June 24,1930.

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Patented June 24, 1930 i v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application filedSeptember 9, 1926'. Serial No. 134,455.

The present invention relates to a beet tongue 12 pivotally engagedtherewith as loader and aims to provide a structure for at 14. Links 15are engaged with thetongue lifting the beets after they have been pulledas at 16 and are engaged with the ends of from the ground and elevatingthem into a the steering knuckles 9 so thatas the tongue .5 wagon box orrack. is swung to the right or the left the wheels 55 Another importantobject of the invenare moved in unison therewith. Extention lies in theprovision of a structure of sions 18 rise from the rear ends of the sidethis nature including a wheeled frame havbeams 7 of the main frame andreceive a ing a front elevating conveyor and a rear shaft 19 whichextends through the vside 10 elevating conveyor, the front conveyormembers 20 of an endless chain elevating a0 possessing a structure whichseparates the conveying mechanism denoted generally by sand, dirt, andthe like from the beets and the letter A and including chains 21condelivers said beets in a comparatively clean nected by a plurality ofparallel spaced condition to the rear elevating conveyor transverseslats22. The chains are trained which delivers them into a spout. over ashaft 23 journaled between the lower 06 Another very important object ofthe inends of the side members and over vention lies in the provision ofa beet loadsprockets 24 on the shaft 19. A cross bar ing mechanism ofthis nature which is ex- 26 extends between the front ends of theceedingly simple in its construction, efficient side member 20 in frontof the shaft 23 and 20 and reliable in operation, strong and durhasguiding and gathering tines 27 pro- 70 able, comparatively inexpensiveto manujecting forwardly and downwardly therefacture, and otherwise welladapted to the from. Plates 28 are mounted on the side purpose for whichit is designed. members 20 at their forward portions and With the aboveand numerous other flare outwardly at their outward ends as inobjects inview as will appear as the descripdicated at 29 for assisting, ingathering the [7 tion proceeds, the invention resides in cerb'cets. .Itis to be noted that. the elevating tain novelties of construction, andin the conveyorAnorma-lly inclines forwardly andcombination andarrangement of parts, as downwardly in respect to the axle shaft 6.

will be hereinafter more fully described and Links 30 are engaged as at31 with the sides #30 claimed. 20 while the upper ends of these links 30are .80

In the drawing: pivotally engaged with the extremities of Figure 1 is alongitudinal vertical section cranks 31 on a crankshaft 32 journaled inthrough the machine embodying the fea-' intermediate portionsof the sidebeams 7.v

tures of my invention, A crank 33 is fixedon the crank shaft 32 35 Fig.2 is a top plan view thereof, for operating. the same in. order that theFig. 3 is a detailed section taken sub'stan front end of theelevating-conveyor A may tially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, be raised andlowered as desired. Suitable Fig. 4 is a detailed section taken substan-:dog and rack-means 34' is associated with the tially on the line H ofFig. 2. lever. A rear elevating conveyor is denoted Referring to thedrawing in detail, it will by the letter B and terminates at its frontbe seen that the numerals 5 denote a pair end under the upper rear endof the elevatof wheels journaled on an axle shaft 6. A ingconveyor A.This elevating conveyor pair of side beams 7 are pierced adjacent Binclines upwardly and rearwardly and their rear ends by the axle shaft 6and have includes side members 36 having extensions a frame structure 8depending from their 37 at their forward ends rising therefrom forwardends. Steering knuckles 9' are and journaled on theshaft 19." A's'haft38 pivotally mounted in the frame structure 8, is journaled through therear ends of the and relatively small wheels 10 are 'journaled sidebeams 7 and through the forward ends thereon. A bracket 11 is attachedto the of the sidemembers'36;-The shaft-s'19and top cross beam of theframe 8 and has a 38,"therefore, rigidly engage the conveyor gears Bwith respect to the main frame including the side beams 7. Chains 39 areoperatively engaged with shafts 19 and 38 for rotating said shafts inunison. A roller 40 is mounted on the shaft 38 between the side members36. Endless chains all are trained over the roller 40 and over a shaft al-2 journaled in the upper ends of the sidemembers 36. These chains haveparallel cross slats 43 and flexible plates -l-l between the slats so asto prevent the beets from falling between the slats. An arch as has itsends pierced by the axle shaft 6 and is of a. substantial invertedU-shaped formation having a pair of eye-extensions d6 on its bightportion to which are attached bracing rods e 7 extending rearwardly andengaged with the side members 86 and bracing rods 48 which extendforwardly and are engaged with the side beams 7. l A chute L9 is mountedat the rear upper end of the elevated conveyor B and a second chute 50is pivotally niountec at-51 to the first chute.

Gears 52 are fixed to the axle shaft 6 while ratchet wheels are fixed tothe wheels 5 by means of bolts fi l or in any other suitable manner.Spring pressed pawls 55 are nounted on the gears for engagement with theratchet wl'ieels 53 so thatwhen the wheels rotate in a forwarddirection, the 5'2 are rotated and thus the wheel which is rotatingfaster will actually operate the device. Piniens 56 are mounted on theshaft 19 and mesh with the gears 52. It will'be thus seen that as themachine is pulled along by the tongue 12 in any suitable manner theconveyors A and B will be in operation. The beets willbe urged upwardlyon the tines 37 tobe' delivered to the forward elevating conveyor A fromwhich they will be delivered to the lower end of the rear elevatingconveyor B. As the beets pass over the forward elevating conveyor A thedirt and like material will be taken therefrom so that when the beetsreach the rear elevating conveyor B they will be substantially clean fordeliverance into a wagon or the like through the intermediacy of chutes49 and 50.

It is thought that the construction, operation, and advantagesof thisinvention will nowbe clearly understood by those skilled in this artwithout a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment ofthe invention has been disclosed in detail merely by wayof' examplesince in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumeratedas desirable in the statement of the invention and in the abovedescription.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and inthe combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from-,the spirit or scope ofthe invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A mechanism of the class described including, in combination, a wheeledaxle shaft, an arch mounted on and rising from the shaft, a pair offorwardly and upwardly inclined side beams disposed in parallelism, theaxle shaft being journaled in the side beams adjacent their rear ends,an auxiliary frame depending from the forward end of the side beams,wheels journalcd on the auxiliary frame, extensions rising from the rearend of the side beams, a conveyor mechanism, pivot meanslocated.rearwardly and upwardly of the axle shaft for mountng the rearend; of the, conveyor mechanism in the upper ends of the extensions,said conveyor mechanism inclining downwardly and forwardly in respect tothe pivot means and having slots through which the axle shaft extends,means on the side'beams for raising and lowering the conveyor mechanism,a second conveyor, means for mounting the second conveyor mechanism onthe pivot means and on the rear ends of the side beams so as to inclineupwardly and rearwardly therefrom, a gear operatively connested with oneof the wheels of the wieel axle, a gear in mesh with the first mentionedgear and operatively connected with the rear end of the first conveyormechanism, and a chain and sprocket mechanism between the second gearand the driving shaft of the second conveyor mechanism.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

